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San Juan National Historic Site (Spanish: Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan) in the Old San Juan section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a National Park Service-managed historic site which preserves and interprets the Spanish colonial-era fortification system of the city of San Juan, and features structures such as the San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal fortresses. [3]
La Fortaleza (Spanish for 'the fortress'), the first defensive fortification to be built in San Juan which today functions as the official executive residence to the Governor of Puerto Rico. Built between 1533 and 1540, it is now the oldest executive residence in the Western Hemisphere. San Juan National Historic Site ( Spanish: Sitio ...
The San Juan National Historic Site was established in 1949 to preserve historic fortifications in Old San Juan. The historic site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. [3] La Fortaleza along with the San Juan National Historic Site were then declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO (United Nations Educational ...
Current listings by municipality. Faro de los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo, in Cabo Rojo. Convento de Porta Coeli, in San Germán. Cathedral Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe of Ponce, in Ponce. National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (collapsed in late 2020), in Arecibo. Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site, in Utuado.
Located at 6519 San Jose Drive, it was designated the San Jose Mission National Historic Site in 1941. The historic site was administratively listed on the National Register on October 15, 1966. The church, which is still standing, was constructed in 1768. Mission San Jose was founded by Father Antonio Margil .
The San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway is a 236-mile (380 km) All-American Road, National Forest Scenic Byway, and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan, and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States. The byway forms a loop in southwestern Colorado traversing the heart of the San Juan ...
Castillo San Cristóbal ( English: Saint Christopher Castle) is a fortress in the historic district of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as the largest fortification built by the Spanish in the New World. [ 2 ] Dating back to defense expansions following attacks by the English in 1598 and the Dutch in 1625, it was first built in 1634 as the ...
Two attractions well worth visiting are Chimney Rock Archaeological Area and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, both near the southern end of the San Juan Skyway, and the Ute Indian Museum ...